The Beautiful Game: These are the top 10 Spurs moments since 2007

With the NBA suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, staff writer Jeff McDonald looks back at some of his most memorable moments since joining the Spurs beat before the 2007-08 season.

From the trade for Kawhi Leonard to the Ray Allen bucket that altered the outcome of the 2013 NBA Finals, see if your favorite memory makes our list.

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10. Kawhi Leonard’s 3-pointer and block combo vs. Rockets

Right after his big 3-pointer gave the Spurs the lead, Kawhi Leonard proceeded to seal the victory by rushing back on defense for a left-handed block of James Harden’s potential go-ahead layup attempt for Houston on March 26, 2017, at the AT&T Center.

The “grandpa juice” — as his Spurs teammates affectionately liked to call it — was flowing as Manu Ginobili blocks the potential game-tying 3-point shot of the Rockets’ James Harden at the end of overtime in Game 5 of the 2017 Western Conference semifinals.

In a long career destined to finish in the Naismith Hall of Fame, Manu Ginobili won four NBA championships, a Euroleague Championship and an Olympic gold medal. Perhaps his greatest feat on a basketball court did not involve a ball at all. It involved a bat.